Timeline for Should I have doubts if the organizers of a workshop ask me to sign a behavior agreement upfront?
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| Jun 26, 2019 at 13:08 | comment | added | penelope | @Jan-ChristophSchlage-Puchta I know this is an old question but... My organisation had once paid for me to attend conference workshops, it was around 200 bucks a pop for 3 or 4 courses. Upon arriving at the conference centre, registering, settling down at the first workshop - I noticed I was missing my passport, used just minutes ago for the registration. Are you to tell me I was supposed to leave it, sit for hours, thinking of nothing but my lost passport, possibly causing myself to get stuck in Canada as a European without travel documents? I went out and found my lost passport in 20min. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 4:05 | comment | added | cfr | @jpmc26 Or non-career related. What would they have said if the OP had asked if participants would be excused in case their children were taken critically ill or their parent died? What about participants with disabilities which might potentially require missing an hour? If it is that good, participants will be glued to their seats without any agreement, unless they face genuine emergencies. | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 1:45 | comment | added | jpmc26 | The biggest flag for me was, "willing to leave everything behind," as though this opportunity is so important that it should trump everything. If they were really interested in the OP's well being, they would certainly not suggest that it is somehow inappropriate to prioritize a workshop above every other career related activity. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 16:10 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Jan-ChristophSchlage-Puchta. "At the highly prestigous Oberwolfach conferences you are expected to stay for the whole week" - this is not a question of whether or not to stay the whole week, but whether or not to temporarily leave the room or at most skip a few of the sessions. Not for relaxing, mind you, but because other professional activities demand some attention, as well. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 14:35 | comment | added | Three Diag | Rishika your position is perfectly fine and sensible to me. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 14:17 | comment | added | girl101 | Honestly speaking, I did not miss any sessions of any the workshops that I have attended till date, even though I never had to sign any such agreement. This was a special case. I had a simple query. Just because I had a query does not mean that I will miss the lectures. Since it is a long workshop, hence just wanted to clarify doubts... | |
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| Nov 11, 2016 at 14:00 | comment | added | Three Diag | It is perfectly fine to expect something from your guests and also to let them know. Threatening possible legal action for mysterious agreements and answering emails from rightly concernef attendees with weird passive-aggressive emails is unprofessional and a red flag in my book. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 13:55 | comment | added | Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta | Correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand the OP the speakers are really important people he wants to meet, and the workshop organizers have sufficient funding to offer e.g. free lodging (otherwise the line "This is the reason, why *** is spending this huge amount." does not make much sense). If these assumptions are right, then the organizer has the right to expect attendants to take part in the courses. At the highly prestigous Oberwolfach conferences you are expected to stay for the whole week, inofficially it is stated that not doing so reduces your chances for further invitations. | |
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| Nov 11, 2016 at 11:28 | history | answered | Three Diag | CC BY-SA 3.0 |